On 2/14/14 11:29 AM, A User wrote: > Summary: > > Current paths on the web for 10.3 binary packages no longer match the > old sources.list. > > > Background: > > I am running fink 0.7.2 for OS X 10.3 (please no laughing!). Fink > used to work on this Mac, but things are now broken. I am interested > solely in installing binary packages (no compilations, no Xcode), and > as an example want to execute: > > fink -b install wget > > and I get the following when I run as root: > > Computer:/Users/LTM root# /sw/bin/init.sh > Computer:/Users/LTM root# fink -b install wget > /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! > Information about 2135 packages read in 7 seconds. > The following package will be installed or updated: > wget > /sw/bin/apt-get -q --ignore-breakage --download-only install wget=1.8.2-2 > /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > The following NEW packages will be installed: > wget > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. > Need to get 345kB of archives. After unpacking 1249kB will be used. > Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main wget 1.8.2-2 > 404 Not Found > Failed to fetch > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/fink-0.7.2/main/binary-darwin-powerpc//web/wget_1.8.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > 404 Not Found > E: Some files failed to download > ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get failed, exit code 100 > Failed: Downloading the binary package 'wget_1.8.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb' > failed. > > I get a similar display when trying apt-get install wget. > > It turns out that the real .deb files are in > > http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.3/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/web/ > > and souces.list has > > # Official binary distribution: download location for packages > # from the latest release > deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist 10.3/release main crypto > > # Official binary distribution: download location for updated > # packages built between releases > deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist 10.3/current main crypto > > Additionally these names are shown in the folder /sw/var/lib/apt/lists > > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_current_crypto_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_current_crypto_binary-darwin-powerpc_Release > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_current_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_current_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Release > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_release_crypto_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_release_crypto_binary-darwin-powerpc_Release > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_release_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Packages > bindist.finkmirrors.net_bindist_dists_10.3_release_main_binary-darwin-powerpc_Release > > and there is a consistent pointer in the file /sw/etc/fink.conf. But > all of these references are wrong given the real location of the files > on the web. Lastly, the supplied sources.list.finkbak references the > path > > http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download > > which similarly does not exist. I tried various modifications to > sources.list to try to bring it current, but these attempts made the > matters worse. Can anyone provide a souces.list that will work with > the current contents of the web? Once again this is for the *very > ancient* 10.3 binaries. > > Thanks! >
HAHAHAHAHAHA! <jk> bindist.finkmirrors.net is on a different machine than previously, and the old directory structure didn't get preserved for some reason. Try: deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.3 stable main deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.3 stable crypto deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.3 current main deb http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.3 current crypto You will probably want to modify /sw/lib/fink/mirror/apt to have Primary: http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/10.3 -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
